Completions

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John Albritton's Jet Eze

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This day was a long time coming for me. Flying my own jet! This couldn't have been possible without the help and expertise of the...

Rich Macrafic's RV-7A

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RV-7A N4956T, after a 12-year build, flew for the first time on 10/09/2017 from KRST (Rochester, MN). Everybody talks about the "RV smile" after that...

Van's 10,000 Flying Airplanes

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Congratulations to David Porter, who recently reported the first flight of his RV-7 and became the official 10,000th Van's RV aircraft to transition from...

Robert Anderson's RV-8

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After many years of both building and not building (about 50/50) N184GC (One RV-8 for Grandpa Christensen) and I made the maiden flight on...

David Jacob Heino's Sonex

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I completed Sonex #1072 on August 18, 2014 and made the first flight on August 22, 2014 from Charlie Brown/Fulton County Airport in Atlanta,...

Jake Hayes' CubCrafters EX

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My CubCrafters EX N-96FV was finished July 30, 2016 - last weekend of AirVenture. My 87-year old Dad was the first passenger after my...

Lance Hooley's Jet Eze

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It started with a visit with the Rutan guru Robert Harris of what was the EZ Hangar in Covington TN, now EZ Jets. I...

Bill Hogue's AutoGyro MTO Sport

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I had been researching gyroplane technology for the past 20 years and knew that the modern gyroplane was an amazing aircraft. After scoring a...

Sturm Velocity

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Velocity 173 Fixed Gear Elite N653TS has taken just shy of 20 years to morph from several boxes of fiberglass parts to the plane...

Jim Agua's RV12

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N696VA is an RV12 built as an EAB. The plane took four and a half years and I logged 1900 hours in the build...

In Case You Missed It

Kit Stuff

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Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.

The Ultimate Upgrade

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As Martha and Wendell Solesbee near completion on their Lancair Evo, they encounter the minor setbacks that make the “90% done, 90% to go” expression ring true.

Cycles of Flight

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When man first took flight with wings, he did it without power. Gliding on...

Completions

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Builders share their successes.